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11/11/2025

Thriving on Thin Margins: Building Sustainable ABA Practices on Medicaid

Medicaid is the lifeblood of many ABA practices, but thriving on thin margins takes more than just managing claims and chasing reimbursements. It takes disciplined operations, smart financial insight, and a people-first culture that can weather uncertainty. In this episode, Ethan Schwarzbach (CEO, Flychain) sits down with Charlene Kurth (COO, Office Puzzle) to explore what it really takes for ABA practices to build sustainable, mission-driven businesses in today’s Medicaid landscape. They discuss the intersection of operational discipline, financial strategy, and culture - and how leaders can find balance between heart and business. We talked about: Aligning mission and margin to build sustainable ABA practices. Designing operations around Medicaid rules to prevent denials and cash delays. Turning small operational fixes into major efficiency gains. Using data the same way clinicians use behavioral insights—to drive business results. Culture as the real growth engine: empowering teams through trust and transparency. Leadership lessons on empathy, authenticity, and leading by example. Seeing caregivers and clinicians as business assets, not expenses. How early investment in systems and financial visibility fuels long-term growth. 🌐 Learn more here: https://www.flychain.us/learning-center/podcasts/thriving-on-thin-margins-building-sustainable-aba-practices-on-medicaid Connect with Flychain: LinkedIn (Ethan Schwarzbach): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-schwarzbach-baa09571/ Website (Flychain): https://www.flychain.us/ Connect with Office Puzzle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlenekurth Website: https://www.officepuzzle.com

11/11/2025

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42 min
JAN 15

The Uncomfortable Truths About Scaling an ABA Organization

What does it really take to scale - and exit - an ABA organization? In this fireside chat, Ethan Schwarzbach speaks with Ben Wessels, former owner and operator of Early Autism Services, about the realities of growth: systems that break, leadership decisions that compound, and why financial clarity becomes non-negotiable as complexity rises. A must-listen for ABA owners thinking beyond today’s problems. Together, Ben and Ethan unpack: Why most ABA organizations struggle as they grow - and where things quietly break The trade-offs operators don’t realize they’re making early on How leadership, systems, and financial visibility evolve at scale What operators should think about long before an exit is on the table 🌐 Read More here: https://www.flychain.us/learning-center/podcasts/the-uncomfortable-truths-about-scaling-an-aba-organization Connect with Flychain: LinkedIn (Ethan Schwarzbach): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-schwarzbach-baa09571/ Website (Flychain): https://www.flychain.us/ Connect with Arohana Support Services: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-wessels-17ba437b/ Website: https://www.arohanasupport.com/

Jan 15

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34 min
MAR 24

The Ultimate Revive-al: Allison Lee with Jenny Fielding

Allison Lee, founder and CEO of Revive, chats with Jenny Fielding, GP of Everywhere Ventures In episode 112 of Venture Everywhere, Jenny Fielding, managing partner at Everywhere Ventures, talks with Allison Lee, co-founder and CEO of Revive — a turnkey virtual tailoring solution that helps fashion brands reduce returns and dead stock by refurbishing and reselling garments. Allison shares how a pandemic-forced pivot exposed a damages problem every brand was quietly absorbing but no one was solving. She discusses how Revive challenges the industry consensus that damaged inventory is a write-off, instead unifying item-level inspection, refurbishment, and resale into one system that recovers value brands didn't know they had. In this episode, you will hear: Replacing SKU-level inventory systems with item-level inspection and decisioning.Bridging the gap between brand needs and 3PL capabilities.Refurbishment as a higher-recovery alternative to donation and liquidation.Live commerce as the resale channel for Gen Z shoppers.Human-in-the-loop operations where AI augments rather than replaces physical inspection. Learn more about Allison Lee | Revive LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonhyeinlee Website: https://www.byrevive.com/ Learn more about Jenny Fielding | Everywhere VC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyfielding Website: https://everywhere.vc/

Mar 24

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29 min
APR 21

In the mixus: Elliot Katz with Scott Hartley

In episode 115 of Venture Everywhere, Scott Hartley, co-founder and general partner at Everywhere Ventures, talks with Elliot Katz, co-founder and CEO of mixus AI — a legal AI platform that lets attorneys delegate work to agents directly from email. Elliot shares how riding in early autonomous vehicles and seeing the gap between the hype and the technology convinced him that humans would always need to stay in the loop — a conviction that drove him from law to co-founding mixus. He discusses how mixus is cutting through a crowded legal tech market by demanding zero behavior change from attorneys, meeting them in email and Word rather than asking them to learn yet another dashboard. In this episode, you will hear: Applying the human-in-the-loop thesis from autonomous vehicles to legal AI.Winning AmLaw 20 firms through zero behavior change integration.Taking financing workflows from days to minutes with email-native agents.Shifting corporate legal work from billable hours to fixed-fee engagements. Learn more about Elliot Katz | mixus AI LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-katz-002b6684 Website: https://www.mixus.ai Learn more about Scott Hartley | Everywhere VC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthartley Website: https://everywhere.vc/

Apr 21

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34 min
04/22/2025

Fora for Thought: Joe Essenfeld with Jenny Fielding

In episode 69 of Venture Everywhere, Jenny Fielding, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures, chats with Joe Essenfeld, founder and CEO of Fora, an AI platform that turns workplace conversations into real-time business insights. Joe shares his journey from early startup experiences to building Fora, where he combined HR tech expertise with early large language model (LLM) experiments to build a smarter way to run companies. Joe also discusses how Fora uses AI to turn everyday business chatter into actionable insights, accelerating decisions and challenging the role of traditional OKRs. In this episode, you will hear: How Fora leverages AI to solve alignment issues in real time.Replacing traditional OKRs with continuous, automated tracking.Blending future-of-work and ops intelligence beyond HR tech.Linking daily work to company goals without extra process overhead.Adapting to shifting product-market fit in a fast-changing landscape.Delivering insights via push notifications, no dashboards needed. Learn more about Joe Essenfeld | Fora LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/essenfeld Fora: https://fora.day Learn more about Jenny Fielding | Everywhere VC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyfielding Website: https://everywhere.vc/

04/22/2025

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30 min
10/03/2023

Catch You On The Bonside: Neha Govindraj with Jenny Fielding

Neha Govindraj is the founder of Bonside, providing tailor-made financing for brick-and-mortar businesses without dilution, guarantees, collateral, or restrictions on spend. Prior to Bonside, Neha co-founded Glowbar and worked at Bain and Glossier. This episode is hosted by Jenny Fielding, co-founder and managing partner of Everywhere Ventures (previously The Fund). In this interview, Jenny and Neha dive into the founding and thesis behind Bonside. They discuss Bonside’s mission to drive a narrative change in the brick and mortar universe and normalize the multiple ways to finance and scale growth. Hear how a four-hour solo dance performance changed Neha’s perspective forever, and her unique approach to fundraising as a founder. Listen till the end for a neat productivity hack! If you liked this episode, please give us a rating wherever you found us and be sure to subscribe to Venture Everywhere. To learn more about our work, visit Everywhere.vc and ideas.everywhere.vc on Substack. You can also follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for regular updates and news.

10/03/2023

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22 min
APR 14

Setting the Ecotone: Dylan Lew with Scott Hartley

Dylan Lew, co-founder and CEO of Ecotone, chats with Scott Hartley, GP of Everywhere Ventures In episode 114 of Venture Everywhere, Scott Hartley, managing partner at Everywhere Ventures, talks with Dylan Lew, co-founder and CEO of Ecotone Renewables, a company replacing traditional waste hauling with on-site biodigesters that convert commercial food waste into a locally distributed organic fertilizer. Dylan shares how building and operating an early digester that broke down constantly pushed him to rethink the entire food waste system from the ground up. He discusses how Ecotone is rewriting the economics of food waste management, turning what businesses write off as a disposal cost into a revenue stream and a locally sourced fertilizer supply chain. In this episode, you will hear: Using state food waste bans to landfill as a distribution accelerant.Building a decentralized grid of on-site digesters over centralized facilities.Upcycling commercial food waste into a locally distributed organic fertilizer.Expanding from digester hardware to AI-powered waste intelligence.Sequencing a multi-sided business from digester manufacturing to retail fertilizer. Learn more about Dylan Lew | Ecotone Renewables LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-lew412 Website: https://www.ecotonerenewables.com Learn more about Scott Hartley | Everywhere VC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthartley Website: https://everywhere.vc/

Apr 14

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38 min
FEB 17

Behind the MagicPort: Ali Gara with Hugh Dixson

Ali Gara, founder and CEO of MagicPort chats with Hugh Dixson, founder and CEO of Switchboard. The host of episode 107 of Venture Everywhere is Hugh Dixson, CEO and founder of Switchboard, a platform that integrates enterprise IT systems in supply chains and automates manual processes. He talks with Ali Gara, founder and CEO of MagicPort, a software platform bringing intelligence and automation to shipping operations. Ali shares his journey from private equity in Asia to founding MagicPort in Singapore, where he saw an opportunity to modernize the inefficient, manual processes around port calls. He discusses how MagicPort provides maritime intelligence and an operating system for port call management, helping shipping companies leverage data for business development, optimize operations, and streamline collaboration across the fragmented industry. In this episode, you will hear: Aggregating data from sources for real-time vessel and port intelligence.Replacing Excel and email with an integrated operating system for port calls.Driving adoption in a change-resistant, fragmented shipping industry.Leveraging AI and automation to deliver immediate customer value.Building trusted networks on smart platforms for efficient global trade. Learn more about Ali Gara | MagicPort LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-gara-4034082/ Website: https://magicport.ai/ Learn more about Hugh Dixson | Switchboard Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughdixson/ Website: https://www.switchboardcloud.com/

Feb 17

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24 min
09/22/2025

Drag, Drop, and Deploy: Rethinking How We Build AI Systems

In this episode of Inference Time Tactics, Rob, Cooper, Byron, and Dave share product updates for Neurometric’s Inference Time Compute Studio and what they reveal about the shift from single models to full AI systems. They discuss why wiring models together at scale is so challenging, how a drag-and-drop interface can make experimenting with inference strategies easier, and why open source, benchmarking, and community feedback are key to building the next generation of composable AI systems. We talked about: Why AI is shifting from single models to full systems and what that means for builders. The challenges of wiring multiple models together at scale and running them in production. How Neurometric’s drag-and-drop interface simplifies testing inference strategies without code. Why open-source models are becoming increasingly competitive with commercial solutions. The lack of standardization in AI stacks and why the industry still feels like the “early web” era. How inference-time compute can balance performance, cost, and latency across different tasks. Why benchmarks alone are insufficient and how domain-specific evaluations can fill the gap. The role of community feedback in shaping priorities for benchmarks and new primitives. Connect with Neurometric: Website: https://www.neurometric.ai/ Substack: https://neurometric.substack.com/ X: https://x.com/neurometric/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/neurometric.bsky.social Hosts: Rob May https://x.com/robmay https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmay Calvin Cooper https://x.com/cooper_nyc_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/coopernyc Guest/s: Byron Galbraith https://x.com/bgalbraith https://www.linkedin.com/in/byrongalbraith Dave Rauchwerk https://x.com/elevenarms https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-rauchwerk-0ba82822

09/22/2025

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20 min
MAR 17

The Great Scape: Helle Jeppsson with Matthew Brimer

Helle Jeppsson, co-founder and CEO of SCAPE, chats with Matthew Brimer, co-founder of Everywhere Ventures In episode 111 of Venture Everywhere, the host is Matthew Brimer, co-founder of Everywhere Ventures and co-founder of ZZ Driggs, a furniture and design company serving the real estate and hospitality industry. He talks with Helle Jeppsson, co-founder and CEO of SCAPE, a wellness tech platform delivering on-demand spa services across Latin America. Helle shares her path from opening physical spas in the U.S. and Mexico to building an alternative after COVID exposed how hard it is to make brick-and-mortar wellness scale. She discusses how SCAPE pivoted from a B2C consumer brand into a white-label spa product for hotels and businesses, converting a traditional loss-center amenity into a profit center for properties that can't justify the overhead of a full spa operation. In this episode, you will hear: Building on-demand wellness infrastructure across Latin America. Pivoting from B2C to B2B after spotting organic demand from the hotel industry.Using consumer brand recognition to break into corporate wellness. Creating better work conditions and higher earnings for women therapists in Latin America. Learn more about Helle Jeppsson | SCAPE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hellejeppsson Website: https://scape.mx/ Learn more about Michael Barone | ZZ Driggs | Everywhere VC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mobrimer Website: https://zzdriggs.com/ Website: https://everywhere.vc/

Mar 17

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28 min

Our podcasts bring together founders, innovators, and industry leaders who share real stories, practical insights, and strategies for growth. From building startups and navigating healthcare business challenges to strengthening communities and tackling workplace issues, each show is designed to spark ideas and inspire action. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, professional, or changemaker, you’ll find conversations that help you learn, grow, and thrive.

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